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The Spinster Book

by Myrtle Reed (1874-1911) or Olive Green, pseudonym.

A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling men and women, love letters, marriage and spinsterhood. (Summary by Kristin Hughes)

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Total running time: 4:06:04

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• 01 – Notes on Men – 00:25:05
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  Read by: Kristin Hughes
• 02 – Concerning Women – 00:24:22
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  Read by: Nocturna
• 03 – The Philosophy of Love – 00:24:35
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  Read by: Betsie Bush
• 04 – The Lost Art of Courtship – 00:19:59
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  Read by: Kirsten Ferreri
• 05 – The Natural History of Proposals – 00:24:39
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  Read by: Kara Shallenberg
• 06 – Love Letters: Old and New – 00:23:14
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  Read by: Esther
• 07 – An Inquiry Into Marriage – 00:24:03
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  Read by: Christiane Levesque
• 08 – The Physiology of Vanity – 00:22:50
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  Read by: Nocturna
• 09 – Widowers and Widows – 00:34:41
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  Read by: Denny Sayers
• 10 – The Consolations of Spinsterhood – 00:22:36
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  Read by: Deb Bacon-Ziegler

Cataloged on March 14, 2007